Disney+’s big unveiling presentation this spring culminated with an announcement that at launch next fall, the 30 seasons to date of The Simpsons will be available on the new streaming platform. It wasn’t clear then how the announcement would impact The Simpsons‘ run on FX. FX Networks landed full library rights…

The Simpsons repeats will start airing on Disney’s Freeform in September. The network will have access to all 30 seasons of the series that will have already aired on the series’ primary network, Fox, which recently renewed it for Seasons 31 and 32. The announcement was made as part of Disney’s upfront press…

The 30th Anniversary panel of The Simpsons didn’t shy from addressing the elephant in the room at tonight’s Tribeca Talks: Their new boss, Disney. Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson) broached the question about Disney to the panel which included EPs James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Matt Selman and series voiceover…

Disney last week finally unveiled its plans for its upcoming direct-to-consumer platform. It was packed with popular Marvel superheroes, Star Wars warriors and beloved Pixar characters. But none of them got the plum slot at its culmination, just before Direct-to-Consumer and International chairman Kevin Mayer unveiled…

Disney offered lots of details about the upcoming Disney+ streaming service during its Investors Day on Thursday. It also unveiled its full programming slate including premiere dates, of some which are estimates. Read the entire list below, or it can be viewed in PDF form here. Disney also released a demo video that…

Disney’s Investor Day culminated with a special clip of the Simpsons gang saluting their new Disney "corporate overlords,” leading to the announcement that Disney+, the upcoming Disney direct-to-consumer platform, will be the exclusive SVOD home of the classic 20th Century Fox TV-produced series. The animated show…

An episode of The Simpsons featuring the voice of pop singer Michael Jackson is being pulled from circulation amid the fallout from HBO’s shocking Leaving Neverland documentary. "I'm against book burning of any kind," producer Jim Brooks told the The Wall Street Journal. "But this is our book, and we're allowed to…

The United States was slow to come to the notion of animation as TV programming for adults,. “It wasn’t kosher,” Adult Swim’s SVP Jason DeMaro said at a TCA panel on “grown up” cartoon. Animation has the advantage of enjoying a higher level of suspension of disbelief, Rooster Teeth co-founder Burnie Burns…

The longest-running primetime scripted show in television history has just gotten longer. Fox has renewed The Simpsons for an unprecedented 31st and 32nd seasons. The renewal takes the hit animated series to yet another record 713 episodes. The renewal also erases any doubts that Fox is committed to keeping its…

NFL playoff fever heated up Fox comedies Sunday night. The Simpsons (3.8, 10.20M) nabbed its best stats in four years and Bob's Burgers (2.2, 5.33M) clocked its best data in five, though both sets of numbers are subject to change owing to the game. Moving further away from NFL play, Fox’s Family Guy (1.8,  4.18M)…

Part 1 of a three-night superhero crossover-palooza boosted CW at 8 PM on Sunday, but The Flash (0.6 rating in the adults 18-49 demo, 1.79 million viewers) stopped short of goosing Charmed (0.3, 960K) at 9. And, overrunning NFL play (6.7, 23.71M) plus post-game chatter (6.7, 22.83M) catapulted Fox’s fall finales that…

“Simpsons, eh? Never heard of it.” Well, Mr. Burns might say that, but any comedy and/or animation fan who has owned a TV in the past three decades knows about The Simpsons, and Fox and FXX are marking the toon’s 30th anniversary with a pair of special events this month. The FX Networks cable net has scheduled a…